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cheekyNow Playing: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Woooo.....Karlie's back from Montana!! She's my best friend in the whole world. Most people go through life and don't find a friendship like ours. We'd been out dancin' shakin' our booties...behaving for the most part. We met a couple guys. Nice guys, no harm, I met a private investigator...how cool of a profession is that! I just like saying "I met a guy over the weekend who's a private investigator." Josh and I have made our amends, I think. Lots of misunderstandings coming from both ends...and he was right about a lot of things. It's nice to be friends with him, he's a good guy, fun to be around. Still workin on staying away from the bars. It's hard because I LOVE to dance, but the environment is so aweful. And not to sound vain, but I always get tons of attention and I love attention..come on now, I'm a sanguin and we thrive on being the center of attention. There's just nothing else to do around here. Me and Karlie are gonna try to find something to do, or join. I'd like to start a bible study in my house (wow, I've gone from like one extreme to another) but I know there's things I gotta straighten out with God first. Hmm...wish my sleeping pill would kick in, I'm tired. Gotta watch Kaden tommorrow (Rachel's baby), so I won't be making it to the gym. I don't like not excersizing every day, I love it, I love to sweat, I love the way my body looks. I feel better and have more energy, etc, etc. Maybe I'll just run for a while when I get off work tommorrow. Alrighty, well that's bout it for an update on mwa****
Life is goin by so fast. Landen turned one on the 7th! He's getting to be such a big boy and boy did he have a happy birthday..can't you tell?? 
we went to the jungle bungle. Both sides of the families were there, it was nice to have everyone for his birthday. I guess Jason told his mom to quit being so anti-social or something along those lines. For Jason to stick up to his mommy is a huge deal...I think he's finally realizing that she causes a lot of problems. But Landen hated the tubes and the slided and the ball pit. He didn't like opening his presents very much and singing happy birthday *WHOA* Not happy at all..cried through the whole song. It was halarious. But I guess it's his party and he can cry if he wants to. He did enjoy his own personal birthday cake however. 
Finally got his and Mason's pictures taken together, can't wait to get em back. My life's been going soooooooooo much better. I've been eating healthy and excersizing a lot. It helps me sleep better and I just have more energy. Slowly rebuilding my relationship with God, and I've just been overall so much happier with life. Dustin called me a couple days ago. It was nice to hear from him. He's in this big 3 bedroom house all by himself. LoL..poor guy. And Dustin if you're reading this DON'T settle for the first girl who'll let you put a diamond on her finger, you deserve someone awesome that you love. Work is starting to not such so much now. I'm getting to know some of the member that come through and it's nice to see the same people come through. I started bringing a book to read when it's slow and that helps pass time. Still a lil' on the outside of my fellow employees, but that will pick up eventually. Well I am beat and it's my beddy bye time. P'sout!
don't ask
a-ok
I am sooooo jealous of the IL YMCA. Their stuff is so way cooler then ours! More machines, more choices, raquet ball courts, hot tub in the locker room!!!!!! I worked out there today. I wanted to get off work early, there were 5 of us just sittin around doin nothing, so I was like "well, I'm outtie" came to the other side of the river and I so love it more!!! Got Landen balloons for his B-Day party. Two more days, I'm excited. He hasn't been feeling well and I hope he's up for his party. I'd hate to reschedule. I have his cake ordered and everything. I'm calling a clinic tommorrow to take him to, just to make sure it doesn't get worse. My poor lil baby. Last night I talked to this guy Adam for 2 1/2 hrs. We met through hotornot a lil less then a year ago. I pretty much JUST had Landen and he was busy with work...we just lost touch. But we always had great conversations and an awesome connection. It was just so great to chat with some one that has so much in common with me and as passionate about God as I am...some one who's not about religion, rules, regulations..but understands the meaning of grace and moving foward. 
hug me
OMG..the past few days feels like TOTAL and UTTER choas. My head hurts and I'm just exausted. I need another vacation...or maybe I should say I need a vacation. Let's see...started on Monday, my babysitter stood me up. That was fun having to call around and find some one to come and watch Landen. I'm wasn't mad about it, because I know Ashley would've never intentially not show up...it was just a headache and stressful on me to find some one else. Monday's are busiest at the Y...Chris called in sick and when I got there Christy was the only one there!!! Poor girl!!! Yesterday I found out that Jason's mom took MY BABY BOY from Bettendorf to Atkinson without a carseat...that's a 45 min. drive!! I was FURIOUS with her, and with Jason for letting her do that. I mean, this woman was a volunteer fire fighter and is now currently an EMT and an auxilery officer!! She has 3 kids of her own...what a moron!!! Amber told me and I want to say something to her sooooooooo bad (Jason's mom) but for Amber's sake I'm keeping quiet. Amber yelled at all of 'em and I know Amber, she sets things straight. She loves Landen and would never want anything bad to happen to him. I wish she was there...Amber would've never have let Landen leave without a carseat. They're called accidents for a reason..yeah, Bava might be driving "extra careful" but you got some idiot flying and smash into you..OH I'm still so steaming mad...then to top the night off, my poor lil baby got sooo sick. I walked upstairs to go to bed and I just smelled this aweful vomit stench. I turned on the light and Landen just had thrown up EVERYWHERE. His crib was just a pool of puke. He was sleeping in it, and it was just everywhere. I freaked out, I felt soooooo aweful for my lil baby!! He hadn't cried or anything so if I hadn't have smelled it he would've been sleeping like that all night. I felt so aweful. I had to wake him up and scrub the carpet and give him a bath at practically midnight. Change his sheets..it was so bad that I just had to throw the one sheet away. And then Landen wakes up at 7:15 as opposed to his normal 9:00. BUT the best thing and only good thing about yesterday was that Landen walked for the first time!! Getting way to big now!!! Today I took him to get his pictures taken at Sears and I got a pic of him standin all tall by himself. He's growing up way too fast. But that's life...on the fast track. Well all it's bed time for me. Check ya lata!
energetic
Today SUCKED for the most part. I think Landen's teething...I don't know though, I've assumed that he's teething so many times, but since he's gonna turn one in like 2 wks. I think I can safely assume that he must be getting a tooth in by now. Anywho..why today sucked is because ALL Landen did all day today was whine..incesintly 
and he wouldn't eat..he did nothing but drink milk until about 6 or 7. Mom was babysitting and fed him. I'd think he'd want to eat after not eating for like...EVER!! Then I had to work with this weird old man. I mean, he's nice and all, but I think he's kinda neurotic. Work went by achingly slow. BUT I did get to see Justin without a shirt today..omg, I think he saw my jaw drop and I tried to make it like a "heeeeeeeey!! what's goin on jaw drop"...mmmm...he's soooooooo fine. Anyways. Then I got home and Landen was just so happy to see me. And that always makes my day..when I get home from work and Landen gets this big ol' smile across his face like I'm the best surprise ever and scurries across the floor on his knees and gives me this big hug. It makes everything bad go away. I never knew I could love someone with that much of a capacity. P'sout!
amorous
little man has the sniffles. It's totally draining him and he's been sleeping a lot..which is kinda nice for me, but I feel so bad for him 
Yes, this is my son, and yes, he is sleeping with his butt in the air. LOL it reminds me of the kid in Toy Story...just like that. Work has been going well, I'm starting to catch on really fast, as I knew I would. I have a knack for multi-tasking and well, it isn't exactly brain surgery. Plus, after serving and getting a group of 6 kids 5 and under to sit and say "cheese" no task is difficult or stressful for me. That and I'm super smart ;) I'm weird today. 
hungry
Been a nice past couple of days. My sister Kelsey stayed over to babysitt and I actually had some help around here!!! Just little things like her watching him while I'm doing my hair or run to Wal-mart make life incredibly much more easier...I so need to get married. God's preparing me for it, this much I know so no rush, no worries :D Kelsey did....(Oooo..new discovery, when you put foil in the oven it doesn't get hot!! weird..)anyways..Kelsey did do a sweet thing while I was at work by picking up my room and the living room. Problem was daddy stopped by and took all the "dirty" clothes home with him to do my laundry. But not everything on my floor is always dirty. And just because they aren't folded in the basket doesn't mean they're dirty as well. So I had NO towels, one pair of jeans that actually were dirty..she musta missed them, and I didn't get to wear what I wanted to wear today :( I was fine with no towels but not being able to wear what I wanted was when I got really irritated. I couldn't get mad though because she didn't know and neither did my dad. I was just irritated. Check out lil man 
isn't he the coolest! He's starting to look like a little boy and not a baby. *sigh* well I was gonna meet up with my boy Matt today to eat at Carlos O'Kelleys..unfortunatly he was thinking IA and I was thinking IL...it was snowing something nasty outside so we just decided to do it another day. Which kinda worked out cuz I totally forgot my sister was going home tonight and that my mom would've been driving in that ugly weather all the way to Atkinson, I would've felt bad. Otherwise all I really did today was work..with Justin though <3 <3 <3.....he's just so yummy. One of our personal trainers totally has a huge crush on me, it's funny, I guess it's already gotten around the Y. It's like Jr. High, he hits me and kicks my chair and calls me Kernal Sanders (i know i didn't spell that right, but ya get the point). But that's it for my experiences of the day today. Love peace and chicken grease